Johannes C. Wolfart
Associate Professor (cross-appointed with the College of the Humanities)
| Degrees: | BA Hons (Cambridge), PhD (Cambridge) |
| Phone: | 613-520-2600 x 2932 |
| Email: | johannes_wolfart@carleton.ca |
| Office: | 2A62 Paterson Hall |
| Website: | Browse |
Research Interests
- Early Modern Germany
- Reformation/Confessionalization
- Vernacular History Writing in Early Modern Germany (“Chronicles”)
- Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
Recent Publications
Religion, Government and Political Culture in Early Modern Germany: Lindau, 1520-1628 (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002).
“The Rise of the Historical Consciousness” Religion Compass 3 (2009) 86-98.
“Global Yokels: Vernacular Manuscript Chronicles and Urban Identity in Early Modern Germany” in: G. Clark and J. Owens and G. T. Smith, eds., City Limits: Perspectives on the Historical European City (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010) 65-87.
“Why Was There Even a Reformation in Lindau? The Myth and Mystery of Lindau’s Conflict-Free Reformation” Renaissance and Reformation 40 (2017) 43-72.
“Increasing Religious Diversity: Historiographical Criticism of Current Paradigm” Nova Religio 21 (2018) 63-87.
Awards
SSHRC General Research Grant (2004-09)
Rh Institute Award (University of Manitoba, 2002)